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Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24
Thursday, February 24, 1857.
A DANGEROUS DRUG,


When cocaine first became conspicuous it
had great boom. Its good qualities were
apparently numerous and notable, and it
apparently had no bad ones But it was
soon discovered that it could not be used
indiscriminately and some gloomy stories OF
it's effect were told. Then the famous Dr.
William, A. Hammond arose and heartily
defended the mysterious drug, and brought
forward as ga settler" his own experience.
He had endeavored to cultivate a cocaine
habit in himself He had injected under his
skin maximum does of the four per cent.
solution, and reported that he had suffered
no bad consequences.
But in spite of Doctor Hammond, evidence
has continued to accumulate that cocaine is
a very dangerous drug. The Kings County
(Brooklyn) Medical society has just taken
action which seems to be called for in view
of the facts. 1t has appointed a committee
to draft bill for presentation to the legisla-
ture placing cocaine on the list of poisonous
drugs to be sold only on a physicians pre-
scription. Before this action was taken DR..
Mattison laid some facts which have general
interest before the society. A man of 33
years, to whose larynx per cent solution
was applied, died from cocaine poisoning
after the second application. The death of a
woman, aged 80, resulted from the use of a
4 per cent. solution for toothache. A girl II
years old died from the same per cent. solu-
tion used for fsinting fits. One patient be-
came rigid and was with difficulty resusci-
tated after using 20 per cent. solution for
neuralgia due to a defective tooth. Other
cases of poisoning were one of unconscious
ness and cessation of respiration from the
use of the drug as Notwithstanding
a needle from the foot, as means of recovery
from a rum debauch, as an anasthetic in
surgical operations, as an application to the
nostrils, to the eye and to the muous mem
brane generally. Some of the effects noted
were: Depression of the brain, profuse sweat
ing, impending syneope, embarrassed respir-
alton, muscular twitchings, hallucinations,
mania, paralysis of the heart, nausea, pallor,
rigors, etc.
DR.. Mattison believes that cocaine may
produce diseased condition-in which tine
will is prostrate and the patient powerless
true toxic neurosis. more marked and less
hopeful than that from alcohol or opium. II
is evident that there are good reasons for the
actions of the Kings County Medical society
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24
OFFICIAL FEMININE BEAUTY.
How the Gushing Washington Cor
respondents Overpaint Their Pie

[From the Rochester Post Express.l
1t is not always safe to accept the descrip-
tions of the society correspondents at
Washington literally. The standards of
Judgment there are not precisely the same as
elsewhere, and loveliness is considered as
going as a matter of course with certain po-
sitions. For instance, Congressman may
be ugly or good-looking, able or weak, hon
est or knavsh; but a Congressman's wife
is ex-officio lovely: and though various
Congressman with all sorts of wives, OLD
and young, brown and blonde, TIL and
short, sweet and shrewish, come and go,
the ideal wife of the Congressman remains
the same, and in the eyes of the correspon-
dent she is always lovely. In this way too
the Senator's wife is ex-officio exquisitely
lovely. The wives of the Supreme court
Judges, the foreign representatives and the
Cabinet ministers are ex officio enhancing
ly lovely As for the Presidents wife she
is ex officio 'sbeyond all whooping," To use
a Shakespearian phrase. Language Is in
adequate to express her loveliness. 1t Is
the failure of the average citizen TO appfe'
ciate this treatment of beauty as an official
attribute that leads to the disappointment
of many visitors at Washington Ihey go
expecting to see visions of feminine loveil-
ness floating about the streets OF the ma
tional capital. In their fancy 1t ls peopled
with beauty ike ATGllut SaibCi VI 'AS
enchanted island of Camoens, or the para
disc of Mahomet. They have heard OF at
least fifty women who walk with the grace
of Diana of Poictiers, a hundred who nave
inherited the witching smile of Nlnon En-
clos a hundred and dftv who have found
the lost arms of the Venus OF Milo, two
hundred with the persuasive charms of
Phryne-and so through the long cata-
logue of the professional beauties of histo-
ry. art and poetry. But the imaginative
tourist finds little in the reality to Justify
his antieipations. The gay and festive
ladies of the society correspondent general
ly appear to his unskilled eye as sensible,
middie-aged or elderly women. The 1.-the,
the graceful, the snuous. the svelte, the
luminous-eyed, the full-bossomed DANES
that he has read about are metamorphosed
into very ordinary people connected by
marriage with the men that, for the time
being are running the government.
Charles White, of Danbury, stepped on a
needle Monday Feeling pricking in his
foot he rubbed it against the other and part
of the needle entered that One piece was
extracted but the other could not be found.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24
SPECIAL BARGAINS.

Fringed Turkey Red Covers,
yards long, at 81 each.
All Linen Bleached Damask
Cloths, red borders, 234 yards
lcng, $I.5o each.
Large Huck Towels, tied
fringes, at 2oc each.
Superior quality of Ladies
FIeeced Cotton Hose, in black,
modes, brown, navy, &C., at 81
and 45c a pair much under
price.
If you wish a Child's Under
vest be sure and buy one of our
Job lot of white, finished seam,
regular-made goods, at the ri
diculous price of 25c each. We
have vests in sizes I6, IS, 20,
~, "a and 26. Boys Drawers
16, IS, 20, "a and 26.
Special Bargains in fancy
mixed Dress Goods at IS and
CSC. These are new goods and
desirable.
Just a few pieces left of oul
extraordinary bargains in black
Silk Rhadames at 90, 87Hc
ST, $I.25, $I.35 and $I.5o q
yard.
Great Sale of Black Dres.
Goods at As, so, IN, 90 ano
75c a yard.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24
A bbY Folsom.

if rom J1e INDEPENDENT
Abby Kelly, who died the other day, suf-
fered not a little undeseryed reproach in the
early days of anti slavery agitation from be-
ing confounded with Abby Folsom. Abby
Kelly was brought up quiet Quaker and
was never ranter. But Abby Folsom had
been brought up in a ranting school, had no
self-restraint, loved to make noise and SEN
sation and did not know when she was made
fun Of The boys ii, the rear of the crowd
liked the fun of hearing her and would cry
for Abby Folsom, and as it was the boast of
the Abolitionists that they had a free plat
form, they foud it almost impossible to keep
her from their meetings. She was an intol-
cradle nuisance and would be heard. But
she was woman of good deal of wit and
sometimes turned the tables on those who
tried to silence her
On one occasion she became so trouble
some to the managers Of the meeting that
these Abolitionists themselves could stand
their ''free platform" no longer, and three
of them, Wendell Phillips, his brother-in-
law, William A. White and Oliver John
son, lifted her up in the chair in which
she had planted herself, and carried her
out of the meeting. But she raised hei
voice above the tumult and cried out: 81
am more honored than my master was
He was borne one ass, and 1 am borne
by three"
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24

NOE VI - - A-s
Arlo Bates in the Providence journal

Arlo Bates in the Providence Journal.
| The mention of Cambridge reminds me,
| although the connection is not very close,
how a party of Americans were taken
through a European tour last summer by a
professor living in that classic town, from
| whom it may be well to state did not hear
this story. In the party was one Mrs. A, in
a sort an authoress, who did not have the
| good fortune to make herself popular with
her fellow travellers. One evening several of
| the company attended the theater in Paris,
| and Mrs. A, eonspicuously arraycd with a
| spleudor somewhat more youthful than her
| years warranted rather rudely insisted in
| putting herself into the best place Anoth-
er lady ventured mildly to protest that Mrs.
A was taking up the room of two, and that
she personally was very poorly placed, but
nothing was effected by this remenstrance.
Mrs. A, conspicuous and triump mphant, sat
and plumed herself in the box, until by
some dreadful chance she leaned too far for
ward, and down into the box below went the
wig with which she was accustomed to cover
her scanty locks.
The unhappy woman uttered shrek and
retreated to the back of the box, where she
covered her head with handkerchief and
wept bitterly. Miss E., the lady who had
shortly before tried to induce Mrs. A. to be
reasonable i'll her claims on the space in the
box, now came gallantIy to the rescue. She
| suppressed her laughter a1d began mental
| review of her French, SO that by the end of
| the act she felt competent to grapple with
| the situation i the tongue of the land.
| Leaning over she managed by calls, coughs
| and more or lees Ineligible exclamations to
attract the attention of the gentlemen in the
| box below. The wig had fallen back of their
chairs, 50 that it was some time before the
| Frenehmen could comprehend what was the
desire of the bright eyed American lady
| who, with her face wickedly full of mischief
was addressing them from the box above
An understanding was at last arrived at,
however, and with all the politeness and
! grace of his nation of the strangers ele-
waited the wig on the point of his cane, and
| in the face of the whole opera house it rose
| from one tier of boxes to the other. The
| audience applauded, the unfortunate owner
| of the head gear moaned in the corner,
| while with the air of Goddess of Liberty,
| who stoops to rescue nation from depth
| of slavery, Miss B. leaned over and secured
| the truant tresees. The incident is of course
less funny in the telling than it was in the
| acting, but it may be inferred that at least
| for few days Mrs. A. somewhat sub
| 6ued
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24
A Funny Ineident at the White House.
[Erom the Washington Post.l

In the crowd at the Presidents reception
yesterday was a small man with a blond
beard and a polka-dot necktie. While
waiting for the President to come down
stairs one of the buttons of his overcoat
became entangled in the black lace trim
ming of a mantle worn by a tall, stately
lady When she moved forward he found
himself moving along with the procession.
His frantic endeavors to free himself soon
attracted the notice of the President, who
could scarcely keep straight face as he
shook hands with the lady, who then
swept grandly out of the room, all uncon-
seious of the little man bobbing along be-
hind like tin can fastened to the tail OF
big Newfoundland dog. He endeavored
to grasp the Presidents hand as he passed
but it was use-the procession moved
on. Just outside the Fast room he finally
freed himself and returned and shook hands
with the President.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24

your stocking feet like plain Jacksonian, op-
en- the gates and welcome your Democratic
gnests, and order the bolts to be taken off.
Order the band to play the glorious old Demo
cratic hymn of Turn the Rascals Out! Then
you will have pleasanter party than you have
ever had yet, and they will make it pleasant
for YOrl
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24

Know'st thou not the fall of the leaf
How the heart feels a languid grief
Laid on it for a covering,
And how sleep seems a gocdly thing
In autumn at the fall of the 1eafs
And how the swift beat of the brain
Fal!ers because it is in vain,
In autumn at the fall of the leaf
Know'st thou not? And how the chief
OF joy seems-not to suffer pain:
Know st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the soul feels like dried sheaf
Bound up at length for harvesting,
And how death seems a comely thing
In autumn at the fall of the leaf?
d. G.. RoSsetti.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24
VOL. LV.
9rY Goods.
Howe & StGtsOn.

February is the month we of
fer Bargains in Ladies Cotton
Underwear, Corsets, Gents
Unlaundried Shirts and House
keeping Goods.
We have just received from
the best manufacturers in the
country several cases Cotton
Underwear, made TO our order
from superior quality Cotton
and Trimmings, which we shall
sell at a very small margin of
profit purposely to keep the de-
partment lively during the
month of February. Many of
the styles are our own ideas and
cannot be found elsewhere.
Corset Covers for I2H, 10,
IS, 371z, As, soc and upwards.
These covers are perfect shape
and are sure to fit.
Night Robes for IS, so, 60,
IS, 81, o8c, 81, I.13, las, 1.2o,
1874, $I.5o and upward.
Chemises for 19, IS, 58, SO,
63, 75c, ST. and upward.
Drawers for 10, IS, 20, SO, 50,
63, IS, 79c pair and upward.
Walking Skirts for IS, so,
IS, 88c, 81, $1.25 and upward.
Misses Night Robes, Che
misses and Drawers, in full as
sortment, at the same low prices.
Infants short and long Dress
es, Slips, Bands, Shirts, Flannel
Skirts and Embroidered Shawls
at our popular prices.
Unlaundried Shirts for IS, SO,
75c and S.. Each of these
numbers are GREAT VALUE
Purchasers of Shirts will save
money by examining these four
grades before buying elsewhere.
Hamburg and Lace Department.
Great sale of Hamburg Edges
Just received two special drives
at sc and 12Hc.
Bargains in Linen Torchon,
Medici, Swiss, Machine Tor
chon, Everlasting, Oriental Ma
line, Maltese and Fedora Laces.
We have just received an i'm
mense stock of these laces at
right prices.
Corset Department.
We have the entire. sale for
the city of the "Splendid" Sa-
teen Corset, in white, drab, blue
and cardinal at soc per pair.
Great value for the money.
Extra value in French Wow
en- Corsets, in all sizes, at IS and
csc per pair.
Best value in Corded Corsets,
at 75c pair.
The popular DR.. Balls Cor
sets, in all colors, viz, white,
drab, cream, blue, pink, red, &c.
Thompson's well known
makes of Corsets, viz, abdomi-
nal, GB, E, G, RH short,young
ladies' and misses.
Elegant French Woven Cor
sets, 625 bones to a pair, at
lowest current rate.
ChiIdren's Waists so and 75c
pair.
Also agent for the city for
the we'll known Equipolse
Waists, in all qualities, both
closed and laced backs.
We also keep Madame Foy's
Corsets in white and drab.
The elegant fitting Cutaway
Corsets, both in regular length
and short hip styles.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24
IssI:SSe Ea sl.I!SIs5

Rich as GOLD IEAF."-N. Y. HERALD.
"usefn III every HOME."-TRIBUNE.
iiliDS EVERYTHING, FRAMES, FURNITURE, Pa
PER, METAL, PLASTER, SILK, &c. Any One can sSe it
CaineS II air Brush in each box, Price so pts.
Ask for RUBY'S GLIDING, Refuse all Substitutes.
sold by ART DEALRRs DRUGGIsTs & SrArIoNKRs.
Hsio York Che78iosI MIg. Co.. 3 e. 4tb ST., N. r.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24

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NO. At

7 IEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Il i For Improved and Economic Cookery.
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r IEBIG UOMPANYS EXTRACT OF MEAT.
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7 IEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF NEAT.
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wholesale only G. David & Co., Fenchurch
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Sold wholesale by Talcott. Frsbie & Co.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24

Many who live on unpaved and unwater-
ed streets where the dust is plenty and active
do not see why they should be called upon
to help pay for watering paved streets, where
there is not SO much dust to be laid. There
is Justice in their protest
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24

Charles White, of Danbury, stepped on a
needle Monday. Feeling prlcking IN his
foot he rubbed it against the other and part
of the needle entered that. One piece was
extracted but the other could not be found.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24
EDATOEx1Ah NOTES.

1t is now asserted that the world is coming
to an end in 1999 But this will give time
for rather thorough test of Civil Service re-
form.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-24

1t amounts to something to be mayor of
Philadelphia now. Mr.. Filter goes in for
four years at $4,000 a year and has 1000
offices to fill, with salaries ranging up to ST.
SlA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-04
A COMPOSITE CANE.
The Wonderful walking-Stick of a Con
necticut Veteran.

The Wonderful Walking-Stick of a Con.
necticut Veterans.
The Waterbury american furnishes the
following account of a curious cane
owned by s. F. Richards, of Hotchkiss-
vile, veteran of Company A, Eighth
Connecticut Volunteers: It is made of
wood from black walnut tree which
stood south of the cemetery at Gettys-
burg. and the trunk of which was pierced
by 267 bullets during the battle of July i,
and 8, 1863. The tree was known as the
hospital tree, 233 arms and legs having
been amputated under its shade. The
cane is carved to represent an ivy branc h
twining from end to end, and in the
spaces betwee the leaves are inserted
a number of pieces of wood and stone.
The first is piece of chestnut taken from
the tree under which General Reno fell at
South Mountain: another is piece
of the box seat in Ford's Theater in which
President Lincoln sat when shot, a piece
of the gun-boat sunk at Perry's victory
on Lake Champlain apiece Of wood from
the bunker Church at Antietam. A piece
of guu-stock carried through the Fren CHI
and Indian wars, the revolution and the
war of 1912 is also inserted. The house
John Brown was horn in, the flagstaff
taken down by Colonel Ellsworth st
Alexandria, Va, at the sacrifice of his
life, the willow tree which grew on the
grave of Napoleon at st. Helena, the tree
growing over the tomb of Washing ton at
Mount Vernon, the tomb of Lincoln at
Sprin gfeld, ILL.,, of Grant at River sid g
Park, the dead-,ine at Andersonville and
Libby prison at Richmond are also rep
resented by pieces of marble and wood
mortiSed into the cane.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-04
FIGHTING The BANK.

how One OF the Rothschiids Brought the
Bank of England to Time.
The story runs, says the author OF
1.-THE Rothschilds,n that the Bank
mortally offended Nathan Mayer, by
refusing to discount a Dill drawn
up on him for a large amount by
his brother AnseIm, Of Frankfort. The
Bank had haughtily replied that they dds
counted only their own bills. and not
those of private persons" But they had
to deal with one even stronger than the
Bank. sPrivate personsW exclaimed
Rothschild, when the facts were repor ted
tn him; ssprivate personsl l will make
these gentlemen feel what sort of pri-
vite persons we arel" Three weeks after
ward Nathan Mayer, who had employed
the interval in collecting all the bank
notes he could procure in England and
on the continent, presented him.
self at the Bank as soon as it was
opened. He drew from his pocket
book a five-pound note, and the
clerk naturally counted out five sover-
with great establishment at Roths-
child. It seemed strange that he should
trouble himself for such trifie. He,
however, examined the coins carefully
one by one, and put them in little can
vas bag; then drawing out another note,
a third. a fourth, tenth, hundredth, he
kept demanding change for his notes,
never placing the money in has bag with
out first scrupulously examining the
pieces. In some cases he would try them
in the balance, s.as" he observed, sthe
law gave him the right to do" The first
pocket-bo being emptied and the first
bag filled, he passed Them to his clerk
and received second supply OF notes,
thus contin uing to drain the bank of its
gold till the doors were closed He had
spent seven hours in changing Ell, 600.
But as he had nine of his employees en-
gagged in the same manner it resulted
that the bank had lost e210, 900 from its re-
serve OF gold. Moreover, Nathan May.
er had kept the tellers so occupied that
no other persons could change a single
note. Every thing that bears the stamp of
eccentricity always pleases the English
public, and in this instance the pique Of
the great millionaire caused endless
amusement Tho directors, however,
laughed less when they saw him reappear
next day at the opening of the bank, &C
companied by his nine allies; they laughed
despot say, with ironical simplicity:
''These gentlemen refuse to take my bills;
have sworn not to keep theirs, will
ms rely warn them that l hold notes
enough to keep them occupied for two
months" For two monthsi Eleven mil
lions of gold drawn from the bankl The
bank grew alarmed; something had to be
done. The next morning notice appeared
that in the future Rothschild's bills would
taken as readily as their OWE.